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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Lot 2 aforesaid ; on the south-west by a road, 50 links wide ;
and on the north-west by a public road : save and excepting
from the above-described area a road 100 links wide, con-
taining 1 acre 1 rood 22 perches, which intersects the said
land: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G.
18883, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands
and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon edged with green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George;
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of
the said Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of November, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declara-
tions.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
eighth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act
Amendment Act, 1888," I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of
Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby notify and declare that

THOMAS LANGDON JOLL,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster, under "The
Post Office Act, 1881," at Okaiawa, is authorised to take
and receive statutory declarations under the two hundred
and thirty-fourth section of "The Justices of the Peace
Act, 1882."

As witness my hand, this twenty-ninth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-seven.

RANFURLY,
Governor.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Borough of Gore,
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Sergeant John FLEMING

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under "The
Weights and Measures Act, 1868," and the Acts amending
the same, for the Borough of Gore.

J. CARROLL.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the
Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and
Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names,
viz.:-

Name. District.
JAMES JOHN FRANCE . . . Pictou.
JOHN HOLLYWOOD . . . Bay of Islands.
J. CARROLL.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 29th November, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned persons to be Inspectors
under "The Factories Act, 1894," and to assign to them the
districts set opposite their names, viz.:-

Name. District.
Constable JOHN ALFRED FERGUSON The Middle Island of the
Colony of New Zealand,
and the islands adjacent
thereto.
Constable JAMES HENRY POLAND . . The North Island of the
Colony of New Zealand,
and the islands adjacent
thereto.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

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Trustees for Hurunui Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. 502.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st December, 1897.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the
Returning Officer (Mr J. G. S. Tonkin), that
MICHAEL JOHN BURKE,
THOMAS CHAPMAN,
HENRY GEORGE WYNDHAM GRAY,
GEORGE McRAE, and
WILLIAM OLIVER RUTHERFORD
were duly elected Trustees of the Hurunui Rabbit District,
as constituted under "The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882
Amendment Act, 1886."

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th November, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Constable BENJAMIN TARRANT
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Whakatane, from
the 15th day of November instant, vice A. J. Sisam;

Constable CHARLES COOPER
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Opunake, from the
12th November instant, vice Constable J. Twomey, trans-
ferred;

Constable PATRICK QUINN
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Manai, from the
19th November instant, vice Constable H. Salmon, trans-
ferred;

Constable HENRY SALMON
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Foxton, from the
22nd November instant, vice Constable J. Gillespie, trans-
ferred;

Constable JOHN TWOMEY
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Feilding, from the
22nd November instant, vice Constable J. J. Tuohy, trans-
ferred;

Constable JOHN ALFRED FERGUSON
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Kaitangata, from
the 9th November instant, vice Constable W. Pool, trans-
ferred;

Constable WILLIAM POOL
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Southbridge, from
the 12th November instant.

T. THOMPSON.

Officer appointed to New Zealand Permanent Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Captain WILLIAM COYLE,
late Coast Brigade, Royal Engineers, to be a Captain in the
New Zealand Permanent Militia and an Inspector of Sub-
marine Mining Establishments for the Colony.
Commission to date from the 3rd November, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the services of the
Te Aute Native College Rifle Cadet Volunteers (Hawke's
Bay).
Date of acceptance, 23rd November, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Examination for Land Surveyors.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th November, 1897.

IN accordance with the regulations for the examination
of surveyors under "The Land Act, 1892," as pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette of 5th March, 1896, it is
hereby notified that the next examination thereunder will
be held on 29th March next.

T. M. GRANT,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.